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  1. Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) was an American singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll.

  2. May 18, 2012 · Ella Mae Morse, born in Mansfield, Texas on September 12, 1924, was one of the most talented and overlooked vocalists of the '40s, she blended jazz, country, pop, and R&B.

  3. Feb 21, 2011 · In 1942, the founders of Capitol Records were in urgent need of a hit. It came from a most unlikely place: a young woman named Ella Mae Morse, whose place in pop-music history has never...

  4. Oct 18, 1999 · Ella Mae Morse, the sultry, swinging pop-jazz singer whose 1942 hit, ''Cow-Cow Boogie,'' became the first million seller for the fledgling Capitol Records and helped establish the label,...

  5. Morse, Ella Mae (19251999) American pop-jazz vocalist during the big band era who was noted for her exuberant style. Born on September 12, 1925, in Mansfield, Texas; died in October 1999 of respiratory failure at the Western Arizona Regional Medical Center in Bullhead City, Arizona; daughter of George Morse (a drummer) and Ann Morse (played ...

  6. Mar 16, 2009 · The fondly remembered Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra in her first major hit "Cow Cow Boogie".

  7. Sep 12, 2011 · Ella Mae Morse was one of the most exciting vocalists of the ‘40s and ‘50s, a hard-to-classify, Texas-born white singer whose vocals were deeply influenced by her apprenticeship with a black guitarist who taught her the blues.

  8. Oct 16, 1999 · Ella Mae Morse. Vocalist who blended many styles during a career that began with Jimmy Dorsey (including the gold "Cow Cow Boogie") and Freddie Slack. Read Full Biography.

  9. Oct 26, 1999 · Ella Mae Morse, whose 1942 recording of "Cow Cow Boogie" became Capitol Records' first million-selling single, died Oct. 16 at the Western Arizona Regional Medical Center in...

  10. Jul 17, 1995 · Oral History Information. This audio only interview was conducted for a radio program by Dan Del Fiorentino and donated to the NAMM Oral History program: Ella Mae Morse was a vocalist for Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra when she was just 14 years old.

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